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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Blue Cloud. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Blue Cloud to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blue Cloud, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Blue Cloud (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Blue Cloud. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Blue Cloud is historic, it would have been located within present day Lewis and Clark County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

Below are the counties that are near Blue Cloud. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Cloud:

  • Lewis and Clark County     (The home county of Blue Cloud)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Cloud, with the one closest to Blue Cloud listed first.
    • Fort Harrison
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Park City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Birdseye
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
    • Austin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Helena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <2>
    • Frontier Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
    • Rimini ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
    • East Helena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Silver City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Marysville ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Canyon Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Atlantic City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
    • Cavetown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cavetown is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
  • Broadwater County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Cloud, with the one closest to Blue Cloud listed first.
    • Montana City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Clancy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alhambra
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
    • Jefferson City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Comet ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Comet is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
      • Comet has also been known as:
      • High Ore
    • Basin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bernice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bernice is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
    • Boulder
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Elkhorn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Elkhorn is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Powell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Cloud, with the one closest to Blue Cloud listed first.
    • Blossburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Blossburg is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
    • Elliston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
    • Avon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Emery ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Emery is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
    • Deer Lodge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Cloud, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Cloud.

Cemeteries Near Blue Cloud ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Cloud.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Blue Cloud - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Cloud covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Cloud, with the one closest to Blue Cloud listed first.

  • Montana State Veterans Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ft. William Henry Harrison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Benton Ave. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Home of Peace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lewis & Clark County Poor Farm Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis & Clark County Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Forestvale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver City Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • East Helena Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • St. Anns Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Serbian Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Blue Cloud in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Cloud.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Cloud, with the one closest to Blue Cloud listed first.

  • Birdseye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Helena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <2>
  • Rimini ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
  • Iron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
  • Blossburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Blossburg is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
  • Clancy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Montana City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • East Helena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Alhambra
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
  • Marysville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Elliston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Gloster
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloster
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Canyon Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Corbin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Corbin is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
    • Jefferson City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Cloud. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Cloud.

Newspapers Published in Blue Cloud ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Cloud.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Cloud, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Cloud.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Blue Cloud:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Blue Cloud, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Cloud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.